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Table 3 Statistical analysis of effects on number of eggs developed in Anopheles gambiae

From: Studying fitness cost of Plasmodium falciparum infection in malaria vectors: validation of an appropriate negative control

Source

DF

Sum of squares

F ratio

Prob > F

Heat treatment

1

1921.585

1.3775

0.2414

Blood donor

4

24304.107

4.3557

0.0019

Heat treatment *Blood donor

4

8354.035

1.4972

0.2027

Wing length

1

68160.616

48.8617

<.0001

Haematin

1

3889.278

2.7881

0.0959

  1. Analysis of variance of the number of eggs developed per female as a function of blood treatment, blood donor and their interaction, female wing length and haematin excreted (model R2 = 0.24).